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J. H. SHOEMAKER.

' GEM SETTING.

No. 296,284. Patented Apr. 1, 1884;.

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JOHN H. SHOEMAKER, OF NEWARK, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO SHOE- MAKER 8t 00., OF SAME PLACE.

GEM-SETTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,234, dated April 1, 1884.

Application tiled December 6, 1883.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN H. SHOEMAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gem-Settings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings; and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in diamond or other gem setting for jewelry, whereby a plate which has heretofore been only employed to re-enforce or strengthen the body-plate to produce a firm seat for the gem is adapted to add ornament as well as strength to the said jewelry. The invention has, therefore, for its object the ornamentation of the exposed surface of the article of jewelry without increasing the cost thereof.

The invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clause of claim. r

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan of a breastpin or brooch, showing a blank re-enforcing plate secured upon the front side thereof; and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively longitudinal and cross-sections taken through lines :0 and y. Fig. 4 is a plan, showing the (No model.)

diamond or gem arranged in position in the re-enforcing plate; and Fig. 5 is a section more fully showing the same.

In carrying out the invention, I form the body-plate a of the piece ofjewelry, and upon the outside of the same, at the point where it is intended to set the stone, I solder or pin a ire-enforcing plate, I), said re-enforcing plate being larger in diameter than the stone and centrally recessed to receive the same. Said re-enforcing plate is made ornamental, and, being on the exposed surface of the piece of jewelry (or on that side thereof opposite the pin 0, or means for holding the piece of jewelry in position upon the person,) not only gives the requisite strength to the said piece, but secures additional ornamentation without increasing the cost thereof.

The stone or gem being placed in the central aperture in the re-enforcing plate, the latter is beaded to hold the stone in position.

What I claim is A piece of jewelry having an ornamental ire-enforcing plate secured on the outer or exposed face of the body-plate, said re-enforcing plate being centrally recessed and holding the stone, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony thatl claim the forgoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of December, 1883.

JOHN H. SHOEMAKER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PnLL, O. DRAKE. 

